CONTEST FORMAT

Judging

We are still finalising the judges recruitment process but we assure you that there will be a minimum of 3 judges. You can still apply for a judging position, just proceed to post #2 to find out what's involved. Potential judges who have applied for the position please have your judging ready by September 24 Positions filled.

CONTEST REQUIREMENTS

Am I Qualified?

Who can join? If you fall under ONE of these TWO categories, you are qualified

1. Being in the Members group or above (including the Crew!)

2. Being an AF-newbie who either

a. has a thread in AF Recording Studio prior to the announcement of this contest (before September 12) or,
b. has joined AF for at least 6 months or,
c. has 35+ posts

What are the Song Requirements?

Round 1: You are only required to submit 1 song. It can be of any language and must be at least 2 minutes in length (including at least 90 seconds of singing). We encourage everyone to record a full song since it will be a requirement for subsequent rounds.

All submissions need to be sung on background music. If you need help with finding an instrumental for your entry, you can ask for help in the Instrumental/Karaoke Request thread. Submissions must NOT contain profanity.

Your submissions for AF Idol 2009 MUST be unique. In other words, you cannot submit songs that you have submitted for previous years' Idol, other online singing competitions or even songs that have been posted on other forums. If you have a thread at AFRS, be sure that you have not updated your thread with the song before. If you have, and want to submit the same song, you need to submit a new version so that we can determine your improvement. We have spies around, and if we catch you, you are deemed to disqualification!

You can only submit songs that you recorded. You cannot submit for someone else. If it's your sister or brother who wants to join, ask them to create an account at AF and qualify themselves.

Who Cannot Sign Up as a Contestant?

Judges
Previous years' 1st Place Winners
AF-n00bs
AF-newbies who don't qualify

SUBMISSION

ONE entry per PERSON. You cannot change song choice or resubmit the entry so make sure you take time to choose a song that suits you, record and perfect it!

Your entry should be in .mp3 format. You can either submit your song as an attachment or you can send us a download link.

E-mail your submission to af.idol@hotmail.com with the sign-up form and your song with your username as the subject.

A Contestant # will be issued to you as soon as we have received and reviewed your entry (to make sure it complies with the rules). Keep this Contestant # a secret! DO NOT ADVERTISE YOURSELF! We want to keep this contest as fair as possible so please keep yourself anonymous. You are risking of disqualifying yourself if you give yourself away so be wise


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FAQ



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22:00 GMT Sunday October 4, 2009

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We hope that wasn't a handful to read Don't hesitate to ask anything that hasn't been mentioned in our FAQ~. Have fun recording guys, we're all looking forward to hearing from you! Don't be late~, we have extended the original deadline by 2 days so there should no excuse for being late now =P!

♪♫ The AF Idol 2009 Crew ♫♪

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:

** 0 being the lowest, 12 being the highest
** Maximise your scoring to 2 decimal points if possible, preferably 0.25, 0.50, 0.75

Legend

Voice: voice quality, tone of voice, charisma

Techniques: voice control, breathing, falsetto, vibrato, belting etc

Tuning: able to stay on-tuned, on-pitched

Effort: does this sound like a one-take or a casual recording, have they put enough emotions in, on-timing, correct lyrics, if they have chosen a challenging song, have they put enough effort in to perfect it?

Uniqueness: have they improvised this and make it their own, does it stand out? Being super off-tuned or sloppy doesn't count as unique

Song Choice: does the song suit their voice/range/style? have they chosen a too easy/hard song?

Overall Impression: how much the judge has enjoyed the song? are you impressed?

Overall Performance: add up the scores you gave for the above sections

Comment: your detailed comment about the person's singing, a justification of your scoring. It doesn't have to be all negative, but being able to pick out flaws is important. Your comment doesnt have to be long, but be as specific as possible.

A few things NOT to be taken into account while scoring

Mixing: not everyone is a pro mixer, so do not give your score if a person's recording doesn't sound professional only because there's no reverb or there's too many offpeaks

Mic quality: not everyone owns a $300 mic, so if it buzzes too much or it's too muffled, don't deduct their points because of that

Pronounciation: not everyone is fluent in the language they sing, so don't give them a low score only because they mispronounce some words. A different story if they mispronounce a whole song though...

Those pointers above, you can comment on them... but please try not to let them influence your scoring.

Song 1

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


Song 2

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


Song 3

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


Song 4

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


Song 5

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


Song 6

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


Song 7

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


Song 8

Voice: /10
Techniques: /12
Tuning: /12
Effort: /4
Uniqueness: /4
Song Choice: /4
Overall Impression: /4
Overall Performance: /50
Comments:


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My Wishlist (up to 5 wishes):
Why would you be a great addition to the Idol Judging team:

- 5% discount at Liquorland Alexander Heights (if you live in Perth, Australia)
- 100 million afzs every 10 years, first payment 2019
- A date with AF Idol 2008 (if you live in Australia)
- A date with Ms. AF 2009 (if you live in New Zealand)
- A date with Mr. AF 2009 (if you live in Australia)
- A date with AF Idol 2008 AND Mr. AF 2009 (if you live in Melbourne, Australia)
- A date with crannie (if you live in crannieland or belong to Team Turtle)
- A delightful breakfast prepared in a buzzy apartment in Carlton watching sunrise (BYO mug)
- A romantic evening spent in a burgundy red Toyota Corolla watching sunset (BYO tyres)
- An invitation to Team Hippo
- Exclusive life after marriage tips from AFRS Idol 2006
- Free 1-year subscription to non-existent AF Idol Magazine
- Free chirping and whistling lessons
- Free DJ sessions with DJ R'x
- Free inclusion in crannie's comics
- Free inclusion on AF Idol Family Tree
- Free lifetime green tea drinks at Mr. Bean (if you live in the Philippines)
- Free lifetime insurance at AF (sponsored by Team Hippo, Team Misty & Team Turtle)
- Free tuition for the Nobody dance routine
- Free workout cleaning Ranger & hippokathy88's places (accommodation provided)
- Free yourusername.afidoljudge@hotmail.com email account
- Personalised Halloween greeting cards from Ranger for as long as he may live